"Carte de la Baye de Hudson pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Handsome first state example of this chart of the Hudson Bay and Labrador, depicting the mountains and coastal features and including numerous forts. There is a note in French in the far northwest corner of the map explaining that the English had searched for a Northwest Passage in that region, but it did not exist. Embellished with a decorative title cartouche.

References: Kershaw #459; Protinaro & Knirsch, p. 242; Sellers & Van Ee #304.

Condition: B+

Issued folding, now pressed on watermarked paper with light offsetting. A binding trim and binding tear that just enters map border at bottom right have both been professionally repaired.